Arnold Schönberg
Chamber Symphony No. 1
Duration: 22'
Bearbeitet von: Anton Webern
Instrumentation details:
flute (2nd vln)
clarinet in A (or viola)
violin
violoncello
piano
Schönberg - 1. Kammersymphonie for flute, clarinet, violin, violoncello and piano
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Arnold Schönberg
Schönberg: Chamber Symphony for violin, flute (violin 2), clarinet, (viola), cello and piano - op. 9
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Orchestration: for violin, flute (violin 2), clarinet, (viola), cello and piano
Type: Stimmensatz
Arnold Schönberg
Schönberg: Chamber Symphony for violin, flute or 2nd violin, clarinet in A or viola, cello and piano - op. 9
Available digitally
Orchestration: for violin, flute or 2nd violin, clarinet in A or viola, cello and piano
Type: Partitur
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Work introduction
Composed in 1906, the Chamber Symphony op. 9 for 15 solo instruments represents a high point in Schönberg’s artistic development. The reasons that motivated Schönberg as early as 1914 to arrange this Chamber Symphony for orchestra were not only related to practical performance aspects, however (enabling performance at larger concert halls), but were also connected to the fundamental problem that originated quasi-intrinsically from its hybrid position between orchestral and chamber music. The orchestral version from 1914 was never published and is now available for the first time as completely new orchestral material. A later orchestral version, which is further from the original, was produced by Schönberg when he was already in American exile.